Compound Names
Naming Rules
100

What is the compound name of SeBr4?

Selenium Tetrabromide

100

What do the Roman numerals stand for in Ionic bonds?

The number of electrons lost in transition metals

200
What would the name be if Os+3 combined with I-1?

Osmium (III) Iodide

200
What does each prefix mean?

(mono, Di, Tri-, tetra, penta-, hexa, hepta, hecta, nona, deca)

In order, 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

300

What is the compound name of this ionic bond?:

Sc2SO4

Scandium (I) Sulfate

300

Find the error in both compound names:

1.Dicopper (II) Nitride

2.Selenium Manganide

1.You don't put any prefixes in front of a metal

2.It goes Metal then Gas , not, Gas then Metal

400

Name the Binary Covalent Compound:

C3P4

Tricarbon Tetraphosphide

400

You change certain prefixes to flow with the chemical names like instead of saying tetraoxide, you would say tetroxide. With this being said, what are the two exceptions to this rule?

Di- and Tri-

500

What is the formula for this compound?

Polonium Diastatine

PoAt2

500

What is the language used in naming binary compounds for the prefixes: mono-, di-, tri-, tetra, penta-, (etc...)

Greek(originally derived from)/Latin(used and added on to)

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